Toy aeroplane



Feb. 6, 1923. 1,443,954

L. B. NICHOLAS ET AL. ToY AEROPLANE. FILED Nov. 22, I919.

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Patented Feb. 6, 1923.

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LORENA B. NICHOLAS, OF LOS AN GELES, AND FRANK H. HEINE, OF SANTA ANA,

- CALIFORNIA.

TOY IAEROPLANE.

Application filed November 22, 1919. Serial No. 339,981.

plane embodying the principles of our invention, the view being taken looking in the direction indicated by the arrows 1 in Figs. 2 and 3.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation looking in the direction indicated by the arrows 2 in Figs. 1 and 3.

Fig. 3 is a front elevation as seen looking in the direction indicated by the arrows 3 in Figs. 1 and 2.

Fig. 4: is a View in elevation illustrating the use and operation.

The body 1 is made from a solid stick of wood and comprises a head 2, a' nose 3, and a tail 4. The head 2 is rectangular in cross section and has a flat upper face'5, and a flat lower face 6. The nose 3 extends from the head 2 -and is round in all directions. The tail 1 extends backwardly from the head 2 a considerable distance and is tapered from the head backwardly. The upper lifting plane 7 is a flat, thin, rectangular board fitting against the flat face 5 of the head 2 and secured in place by nails 8 driven downwardly through the board into the head. The lower lifting plane 9 is a similar'flat, thin, rectangular board fitting upwardly against the fiat face 6 and secured in place by nails 10 driven upwardly through the board into the head. Preferably the lower lifting plane 9 is somewhat smaller in plan than the upper lifting plane 7. The forward edges 11 and 12 of the lifting planes 7 and 9 are bevelled so as to cut the air easily, and the outer ends 13 and 14 of the lifting plane 7 are bevelled from the lower face, and in a like manner the outer ends 15 and 16 of the lifting plane 9 are bevelled from the lower face.

peller and driven into the material of the nose 3. l

A vertical tail fin 19 is inserted into a slot 20 sawed vertically from the rear end of the and nailed and glued in lace, so that the side fins21 and 22 are at right angles to the vertical fin 19. The side tail fins 21 and 22 are slightly inclined from rear to front relative to the level of the lifting planes 7 and 9. The extreme rear ends of the side tails being substantially on a level with the lifting plane 7, and the forward ends of the fins being ona line between.. the rear ends and the front edge of the lifting'plane 9.

A strong cord 23 is secured at one end to a staple 24' driven downwardly into the forward end of the head 2, and a similar cord 25 is secured at one end to a staple 26 driven downwardly into the central portion of the tail 4. The upper ends of the cords 23 and 25 are secured together, or the cords may be formed integral, and a third cord 27 is secured to the upper ends of the cords 23 and 25 and has a handle 28 upon its free end. In attaching the cords 23 and 25 and the cord 27 care should be taken to get the cord 27 attached to the cords 23 and 25 so as to be at the center of gravity, so that when the operator holds the cord 27, or the handle 28, as in- Fig. 4, the aeroplane will remain in a horizontal position. 1

If the operator grasps the cord 27, or the handle 28 firmly and whirls the aeroplane as i a sling is whirled, the propeller 17 will run ata high rate of speed and make a humming noise and more or less rattle, and the aeroplane will sail round and round within the limits of the cord and the swing of the hand.

Various changes may be made without departing from the spirit of our invention as claimed.

We claim:

A toy aeroplane comprising a fish shaped body member formed of a solid piece of wood and having a nose and a tail, a propeller blade rotatably mounted on a pin on the noseof the body member, a double bladed tail for the body member, one blade being set horizontally and a second blade being set at ri ht angles to the first, a lifting plane mounte across the top of the body member, adjacent to the nose, a second lifttached to the outer ends of the two cords just ing plane mounted across the bottom of the mentioned, and a handle at the outer end 10 body member adjacent to the nose forming a of the third cord for swinging the toy horibiplane construction for the toy, a cord faszontally.

5 tened to the top of the body member adjacent In testimony whereof We have signed our the propeller, another cord fastened to the names to this specification. top of the bodymember at a point interme- LORENA B. NICHOLAS. diate the wings and the tail, a third cord at- FRANK H. HEINE. 

